Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chavis

#5,124 most common boys' name of all time · #12,686 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1957–2024

Rank among boys
#5,124
Rank overall
#12,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
901
Since 2016
43
Peak year
1980 #1,517
Best rank
#1,517 1980
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
1960198020002020

Chavis first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 6 6 #11,163
2020 — 6 6 #10,858
2019 — 7 7 #9,942
2018 — 11 11 #7,251
2017 — 7 7 #9,889
2016 — 6 6 #10,982
2015 — 5 5 #12,387
2014 — 10 10 #7,700
2013 — 6 6 #10,953
2012 — 6 6 #11,022
2011 — 16 16 #5,481
2009 — 14 14 #6,170
2008 — 11 11 #7,293
2007 — 12 12 #6,730
2006 — 12 12 #6,573
2005 — 12 12 #6,325
2004 — 13 13 #5,894
2003 — 8 8 #8,045
2002 — 13 13 #5,483
2001 — 23 23 #3,650
2000 — 21 21 #3,827
1999 — 14 14 #4,851
1998 — 19 19 #3,763
1997 — 23 23 #3,200
1996 — 15 15 #4,270
1995 — 25 25 #2,884
1994 — 32 32 #2,409
1993 — 40 40 #2,033
1992 — 12 12 #4,676
1991 — 39 39 #1,972
1990 — 26 26 #2,597
1989 — 31 31 #2,226
1988 — 32 32 #2,010
1987 — 23 23 #2,439
1986 — 28 28 #2,076
1985 — 34 34 #1,788
1984 — 34 34 #1,711
1983 — 22 22 #2,316
1982 — 25 25 #2,150
1981 — 21 21 #2,389
1980 — 41 41 #1,517
1979 — 23 23 #2,214
1978 — 18 18 #2,532
1977 — 20 20 #2,338
1976 — 18 18 #2,479
1975 — 10 10 #3,575
1974 — 11 11 #3,255
1973 — 8 8 #3,910
1971 — 6 6 #4,722
1970 — 10 10 #3,247
1969 — 5 5 #4,817
1968 — 5 5 #4,583
1957 — 6 6 #3,971